SSP June 2012

June 2012

Volume 9

Number 6

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Mary Diedrick HansenStaff Writer

Abracadabra, presto-chango! You might

think Tony Leitner and Tony Hoaglund, co-owners of South St. Paul’s Level Up Video Game store, waved a magic wand when they

opened their doors two years ago because despite the anemic economy the store is thriving.

Magic really is part of the store’s success. Magic Trading Card games, that is. Level Up has become a community hot spot for “Magic” and “Yu-Gi-Oh”

trading card tournaments. Each night trading card enthusiasts gather at the store to battle it out, and Hoaglund and Leitner are thrilled.

“We’re bringing back the social aspect of gaming,” said Leitner. “We’re going to try to change the video

game industry in the Mid-west – that’s our 10-year goal.”

The retail game store out-let has developed a reputa-tion for buying and selling quality games at fair market prices. A mini-warehouse

A Touch of MagicBusiness booms as gamers battle it out at Level Up Video

Photo by James Ramsay, jamesramsayphotography.com

Joseph St. Clair reacts while playing “Magic” with Tyler Darsow during a recent tournament.


OK, everybody. Gather your folding chairs, Adiron-dacks, chaise lounges, kids’ chairs and patio chairs — with or without arm rests, cushions, canopies or cup

holders — it’s nearly time to claim your spot for viewing the Kaposia Days parade, which this year honors the 125th Anniversary Celebra-tion of South St. Paul.

In addition to the pa-rade, this year’s celebration includes queen candidates,

sporting events, music, food and fireworks. The kick-off event is held Thursday, June 21 at Central Square, fea-turing music, food and fun.

South St. Paul’s Flem-ing Field Airport is joining in the festivities as well by opening up its commemo-

rative museum, offering airplane rides for kids, and hosting a barbecue.

At a time when many cit-ies are scaling back or even canceling their annual pa-rades and festivals, South St. Paul’s celebration is do-ing very well. In fact, it’s

growing. Spokesman Blair Reynolds, past president of the Kaposia Days board of directors, attributes the success to the hardworking board and businesses that are ready to jump in and help whenever volunteers or funds are needed. But-

ton sales are the only public fundraiser. The board also depends on business spon-sorships and funds raised at the Kaposia Days kickoff dinner.

The first festival was held

Level Up Games / Page 2

Time to Celebrate: Kaposia Days held June 21-24

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Trespassing AllowedPermission granted to poke around in area gardens during annual garden tour


Spring sprang early this year, much to the delight of the guardians of gardens great and small. Unseason-

ably warm weather had tulips and daffodils stretching up out of the ground to reach the warm temperatures and sunshine a month earlier than usual. This bodes well for a bumper crop of beautiful gardens to marvel at during the South St. Paul Garden Tour, which will be held Sunday, June 24, during the South St. Paul Kaposia Days festival. At least 10 gardens will be showcased on the self-guided tour.

“We want to share the amenities and beauty of the community with visitors. That’s why we purposely put it on Kaposia Days,” said Lois Glewwe, secretary of the South St. Paul Garden Club, sponsor of the event. “We want to share with the rest of the metro area that South St. Paul has more than hockey. We hope to have histori-cal or heritage gardens on tour in honor of the 125th anniversary of South St. Paul.”

Tickets can be bought in advance for $5 or on the day of the event for $8. The tickets are good rain or shine. Tickets and maps are available at 2102 Wentworth Ave., South St. Paul. Visit www.sspgardenclub.org for order forms and information.

Glewwe pointed out that the number of gardens on the tour is usually limited to between 10 and 12 because it’s a one-day event and it takes time to travel from one garden to another. She recalled how she got into garden-ing after going on a garden tour in 2000.

“I didn’t even know what a hosta was,” she said of the widely used ground cover plant.

Every garden looked so beautiful, she recalled, that she had to give it a try. She warned that “if you can do it, you’ll get hooked!”

Since its inception in 1992 under the name Commu-nity Gardeners, the club has grown to 65 members from

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located in the store’s base-ment is where items for Level Up’s blossoming on-line business are stored. The gaming tournaments are held in two rooms adja-cent to the 600-square-foot retail space, and as Leitner said, “have become a place where people can hang out and have fun the way it used to be.”

Players age 10 to 30 are showing up at the store to compete. One recent eve-ning customers crowded the retail space and one of the gaming rooms was packed with 17 Yu-Gi-Oh players. Leitner said the previous weekend the store hosted a “Magic” tournament with 80 players. It became an all-night affair, ending at 6:30 a.m.

So when did this trading card tournament craze start? The Magic collectible trad-ing card game is the grand-daddy of all trading card games and was introduced in 1993. As of 2011, it has an estimated 12 million

players. It can be played us-ing a deck of printed cards or a deck of virtual cards on the computer. Each game represents a battle between wizards who use magical spells and fantasy creatures depicted on Magic cards to defeat their opponents. It has more cards and more complex rules than many other card games.

On the heels of Magic’s success came Yu-Gi-Oh. It started as a Japanese comic book and has evolved into a franchise that includes TV shows, video games and the trading card game, which launched in 1999. Each player uses cards depicting monsters, spells and traps to defeat their opponent in a mock battle. A variety of changes have occurred in the game over the years. It is currently the top selling trading card game in the world.

Leitner started Magic tournaments more than a year ago in the store. Yu-Gi-Oh players such as Brent

Howard of South St. Paul kept “bugging and bug-ging” him to get going with Yo-Gi-Oh tournaments.

Howard remembers when the schools banned Yu-Gi-Oh cards in the early 2000s because they were such a distraction for stu-dents who were crazy about the game.

“Kids were caught up in playing and trading, and some cards were stolen, and they (the teachers) just didn’t want to deal with it,” said Howard.

Players collect cards and organize their card decks with a playing strategy in mind. They know their op-ponents are doing the same. Each card serves a purpose in battle. Usually a couple

of creature cards are cho-sen and the deck is built around their strengths and weaknesses. The next step is to test the deck by play-ing against someone. Weak-nesses are revealed at that time and corrections made. Then it’s time for a tourna-ment.

These games can be played with the computer but Jason Lano from Men-dota Heights said, “you can’t get facial interaction on the computer. People don’t see each other to see if they are bluffing. Plus, it gets you out of the house and you support a small business.”

Added Leitner, “It takes a lot of intelligence and cre-ativity. You need to be able

to read the player to antici-pate what kind of traps he may be setting with the dif-ferent cards he is playing.”

Regional tournaments are held every three to six months and can attract as many as 300 players who pay $20-$25 to compete. Matches can be over in two moves or take two hours. Time limits are put on tournament games to en-sure everyone has a chance to compete. The top 32 go to nationals. What do they win? Limited edition cards, which are highly collectible.

Level Up employee Ga-reth Fischer from South St. Paul is a sanctioned Yu-Gi-Oh judge. To become a judge he had to exhibit in-depth knowledge of the

game and pass a series of tests issued by Konami, the Japanese company that churns out Yu-Gi-Oh. He does it on a volunteer ba-sis. When a player calls for a ruling on a move, Fischer steps in to declare if it is le-gal and explain his ruling.

One thing to note about Yu-Gi-Oh is that it really is a guys’ activity. Why? Fisch-er admits that girls think it’s kind of geeky, although his girlfriend is learning to play.

“It’s a safe place; a sec-ond home,” said Leitner about the store. “Yu-Gi-Oh is a fun, safe hobby. So many friendships have been formed here. They (the players) are back to being truly interactive.”

One thing to note about Yu-Gi-Oh is that it really is a guys’ activity. Why? Fischer admits that girls think it’s kind of geeky, although his girlfriend is learning to play.

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honored by the Minnesota Interscholastic Athletic Ad-ministrators Association (MnIAAA) for their con-tributions to South St. Paul athletics.

Woog, a former South St. Paul athlete, teacher and coach, and longtime Uni-versity of Minnesota Go-phers Hockey Coach, was presented a Distinguished Alumni Award. A 1962 graduate of South St. Paul High School, he earned nine athletic letters: three in football, four in hockey and two in baseball. He also garnered all-state hockey honors for three consecu-tive years and played in four Minnesota State High School Hockey Tourna-ments. Upon completion of his prep career, he attended the University of Minnesota and played hockey under legendary coach John Mari-ucci. Woog led the Gophers in scoring and earned All-American honors his junior year (1965). He captained the Gophers team his senior

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In 1971, Woog joined the coaching ranks and directed the St. Paul Vulcans to two Junior National titles. He returned to South St. Paul High School in 1977 as head hockey coach of the Packers. Over the next six years his team won two conference titles and ad-vanced to the state tourna-ment four times. In 1985, he became head hockey coach at the University of Minnesota. During his 14-year tenure, Woog guided the Gophers to an average of nearly 28 wins per season and seven league champi-onships. Under his direc-

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Doody received a Dis-tinguished Service Award for his longtime commit-ment to the South St. Paul Activities Department. He served as the president of the South St. Paul Youth Basketball Association from 1997 to 2007 and helped the Association grow in the total number of play-

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Photo courtesy Dan Grevas Photography Kaposia Days Princess Melissa Ciupik, Queen Allison Dippel and Prin-cess Holly Ekwochi will pass the torch to their successors during the Royalty Coronation, held at 7 p.m., Saturday, June 23 at the South St. Paul High School Auditorium.

THURS., JUNE 21• 125th Birthday Celebration - Central Square, Sev-

enth Ave. at N. 2nd St. Presented by the city of South St. Paul, 4:30-8 p.m. Children’s activities, including climbing walls. Hot Dog Picnic, 5 p.m. until supplies run out. Music by the Teddy Bear Band, 5-5:45 p.m. Music by Cyril Paul, 6:30 p.m. Disco Bingo, 8-10 p.m.

• Baseball Tournament - 6:30 and 8:30 p.m., McGuire Field, S. 8th Ave. and 3rd Street. Presented by Stockmen’s Truck Stop. Their team, the “Stockman Irish,” are the 2011 state defending champions.

FRI., JUNE 22• Pool Party - 1-3 p.m., Northview Pool, Thompson and

N. 19th Ave.• Commemorative Air Force Museum display - 2-8

p.m., Fleming Field, 1725 Henry Ave. Barbecue, 6-8 p.m. Presented by the Commemorative Air Force and Aviation Association.

• Food Court - 5-9:30 p.m., Southview Blvd. and 8th Street.

• Softball Tournament, 6-10 p.m., Veterans, McMor-row and Harmon Fields. The state’s second largest softball tournament. For registration information, call 651-455-1725 or email [email protected].

• Grande Parade - 6:30 p.m., beginning at N. 12th Ave. and 3rd Street, traveling south on 12th to Southview Blvd., east on Southview to 5th Avenue, south on 5th to 8th Street. Live cablecast coverage on Channel 14. Application deadline is June 8.

• Post Parade Royalty Reception - 8:30 p.m., VFW, 111 S. Concord Exchange. Presented by the VFW Post #295 Ladies Auxiliary.

SAT., JUNE 23• Button Swim - pool hours, Northview Pool, Thomp-

son and N. 19th Ave.; Splash Pool, Lorraine Park, 7th Street and S. 4th Ave. Wear your Kaposia Days button and the swimming session is free.

• Kaposia Native Village - 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Central Square. Go back 125 years in time to the beginnings of South St. Paul when Native Americans were settled along the banks of the Mississippi River. Teepees and authentic Native American crafts will be on display.

• Flea & Craft Market - 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Central Square. For registration information, visit www.kaposiadays.org or call Dr. Julie Foote at 651-450-2366.

• Family Activities and Games - 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Marie Avenue.

• Softball Tournament - 8 a.m.-10 p.m., Veterans, Mc-Morrow and Harmon Fields.

• Classic Car Show - 10 a.m.-4 p.m., South St. Paul High School Parking Lot, N. 6th Ave. North and 2nd Street.

• Pony rides - 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Central Square• Fleming Field Airport Open House - 10 a.m.-5 p.m.,

1725 Henry Ave.Commemorative Air Force & Aviation Association Businesses Open House, WWII aircraft rides, Static Aircraft displays, RC Model Flying, vintage aircraft and helicopter rides, aviation business tours, refreshments. Presented by the Fleming Field Aviation Association.

• Children’s Parade - 10:30 a.m. (Registration/Line up 10:15 a.m.), 5th Avenue and Southview to Central Square .

• Kaposia Kids Stuff - 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Cen-tral Square. Fish Pond, Dip the Duck, Slap Shot and many other kiddie carnival games. Baby Races at noon, 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. Crawling babies race for prizes.

• Baseball Tournament - 11 a.m., 2 p.m., 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. Presented by Stockmen’s Truck Stop McGuire Field, S. 4th Avenue and 8th Street.

• Bingo - 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Fifth and Marie Avenues. Pre-sented by the Jaycees.

• Pro Wrestling America - 2 p.m. Presented by VFW Post #295, 111 South Concord Exchange. Cost is $5 or $2 with a Kaposia Days button.

• Classic Car Cruise - 2-8 p.m., Hardman Avenue, BridgePointe area. Cruise on over to watch the parade of classic cars go by.

• Royalty Coronation - 7 p.m., South St. Paul High School Auditorium, S. 6th Ave. and 3rd Street. Cost is $5.

• VFW Street Dance - 8 p.m.-1 a.m., VFW Post #295, 111 S. Concord Exchange.

Outside: Jug (country), 8 p.m.-midnightInside: American RoadHouse, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Cost is $5 cover or $2 with a Kaposia Days button. • Royalty Reception - 8:30 p.m., South St. Paul High

School cafeteria.

SUN., JUNE 24• Softball Tournament - 8 a.m.-6 p.m., Veterans, Mc-

Morrow and Harmon Fields. • Pancake Breakfast - 9 a.m.-noon, Hosted by Fury Mo-

tors, 1000 S. Concord St.• Kite Fly - 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Roosevelt Field, 5th Avenue

and 6th Street. Kites and assistance available.• Fleming Field Aviation Activities - 10 a.m.-5 p.m.,

Fleming Field, 1725 Henry Ave. Aviation activities, kids events, refreshments. Presented by the Commemorative Air Force.

• Baseball Tournament - 11 a.m., 2 p.m. and 5 p.m., McGuire Field, S. 4th Avenue and 8th Street. Presented by Stockmen’s Truck Stop.

• Kaposia Native Village - 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Central Square

• Family Activities & Games - 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Central Square

• Bingo - 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Fifth and Marie avenues. Pre-sented by the South St. Paul Jaycees.

• Family Fun Day - Noon-4 p.m., Central Square. Pet adoption, petting zoo, pony rides, kiddie train rides, min-iature golf, street performers.

• Music - Inver Hills Community Band, Central Square, 3-4 p.m., music by the High Brows & the Shades, 8 p.m., High School Football Field.

• Fireworks - 10:01 p.m., High School Football Field.

Pre-Events• Miss South St. Paul Candidates Car Wash - Saturday,

June 2, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Southview 66 Service Center, 725 Southview Blvd.

• Princess Tea - Sunday, June 10, 10 a.m.-noon, Black Sheep Coffee Cafe, 705 Southview Blvd. Little girls feel like princesses for a day as they share tea with current roy-alty and royalty candidates. Cost: $5 per child.

• Kickoff Dinner - Wednesday, June 13, 6 p.m. social, 7 p.m. dinner, Southview Country Club, 239 E. Mendota Rd. Reservations required Cost: $30. Checks made payable to Ka-posia Days and mailed to 5782 Blackshire Path, IGH 55076. Event includes recognition of sponsors, Super Senior, Grand Marshals, outgoing Royalty and other volunteers, and first introduction of the Miss South St. Paul candi-dates.

• Children’s Story Hour - Monday, June 18, 10:30-11:30 a.m., South St. Paul Library, 106 N. Third Ave. A very popular event where little ones are able to listen to Miss South St. Paul candidates read their favorite story-books.

• Candidates’ Showcase - Monday, June 18, 6 p.m., Croatian Hall, 445 N. Second Ave. The reigning Royalty is honored at this event and the Miss South St. Paul can-didates will answer fishbowl questions and provide their favorite food for everyone to taste.


Your community news and information sourceN ews Briefs• Book Discussions - “Little Bee” by Chris Cleave is

the title discussed in June. This is the story of two Nige-rian sisters trying to save their lives, and an English couple vacationing in Africa that is trying to save their marriage. These two very different worlds collide in unimaginable ways. Discussions are held at 1 p.m., Wednesday, June 13 at Black Sheep Coffee Café, 705 Southview Blvd., South St. Paul, and 7 p.m., Thursday, June 14 at the library. Au-thor information packets are available at the library’s front desk and at www.southstpaul.org/library under Adult Book Discussions. Open to all. For more information, call Kathy at 651-554-3242.

• The Summer Book Sale takes place June 25-29, fea-turing a $1bag sale (everything you can fit in a bag). Extra bags will be available. The sale will feature hardcover and paperback adult, teen and children’s books and videos.

• Summer reading programs for pre-readers, youth and teens begin Monday, June 11. This year’s theme for pre-readers and youth is “Dream Big, Read!” and “Own the Night” for teens (ages 12-18). Participants have the chance to win prizes.

• Pajama storytimes are held at 6:30 p.m., Monday, June 11, 18 and 25.

• Jack Pearson, “Mr. Song-Strummin’ Storyman” will be at the library at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, June 12. He is well-known acrosss the Upper Midwest and on the West Coast for his vocal and instrumental skills on guitar, banjo and fiddle.

• Clay Lizards with Abrakadoodle is offered 1-2 p.m., Wednesday, June 13. Participants age 3-12 are invited to make a clay lizard and read a fun story about lizards. Space is limited so registration is required.

• Storytime with South St. Paul Queen Candidates is held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, June 18. The candidates will read some of their favorite stories and maybe even share a song or two. Participants will also make a king or queen crown.

• Hoot Hoot Owls with Abrakadoodle is offered 1-2

p.m., Tuesday, June 19. Children and youth age 4-14 are invited to create an owl on a canvas board using paint and mixed media. Space is limited so registration is required.

• Summer Playhouse is held at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, June 20 and 27. Enjoy free entertainment from actors us-ing puppets and other interactive play methods.

• Create a Play: Aliens in the Attic is offered 1-2:30 p.m., Wednesday, June 20 for 6-12 year olds. Learning the basics of story structure, character building and working as an ensemble, participants will create a short play. Space is limited so registration is required.

• Minnesota History Players present “Maud Hart Lovelace” at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, June 22. Learn about what it was like to grow up in Minnesota 100 years ago. A costumed character will talk about how Lovelace’s family and friends helped her pur-sue her dream of becoming a writer, and how the rise of the middle class and tech-nology changed everyday life in the early 1900s.

• Storyteller princess Sara-Marie will be at the li-brary at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, June 26. She tells a variety of fairy tales with new twists.

• Vincent Van Gogh: Starry, Starry Night is pre-sented 1-3 p.m., Thursday, June 28. Youth ages 8-18 will learn how to use color to create a landscape in the style of Vincent Van Gogh, explore color theory and practice the skills of color blending using oil-pastels. They will also discuss Van Gogh’s work, “Starry, Starry

Night” and create their own night landscape using oil-based pastels. Space is limited so registration is required.

• An indoor camping party is held 10:30 p.m.-midnight, Friday, June 29. Participants age 6-12 will make some craft projects, play games, learn camp songs and even enjoy a s’more or two. Space is limited so registration is required.

• The Teen Writing Club is held at 3:30 p.m., Wednes-day, June 13 and 27. This group allows participants ages 12-18 to practice writing skills, learn new techniques, read what other teen writers are working on, and hear helpful comments on their own writing.

• Project T-Shirt is offered 3-4:30 p.m., Friday, June 22. Teens ages 12-18 are invited to decorate a T-shirt to wear in the Kaposia Days parade, and walk the parade route with library staff. Space is limited so registration is required.

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The 65th Annual Ac-tivities Banquet was

held May 2 in the South St. Paul High School cafete-ria. Based on the remark-able record of achievement compiled by the students in 2011-12, the number of those receiving awards at the banquet quite possibly set a new school record.

The banquet recognized athletic achievement and honored those who dis-tinguished themselves in debate, drumline, band, Key Club, student council, choir, theater, the Knowl-edge Bowl and the math team. Here are some of the highlights:

Sam Sura, all-state run-ning back and a hockey and baseball stalwart, was the male winner of the VFW Honor Athlete award. Em-ily Engelmeier, who earned 17 athletic letters during her high school career, was winner of the female award

in the same category. The Michael Biron

award recognizes two se-nior athletes whose hard work and dedication in the school strength room con-tributed to their success as student athletes. The 2012 honorees were Marissa Ric-ci and Josh Trifunov.

The Distinguished Ath-lete award is presented to one male and one female whose hard work and dedi-cation enabled them to be recognized as the “most improved” senior athletes. This year’s winners were Kayla Peterson and Reid Bjorklund.

Academic All-Confer-ence awards are presented to senior activity partici-pants with a grade point average of 3.65 or better who have attained all-con-ference status in at least one sport or activity. Eighteen Packers were represented on this distinguished list: Danielle Berny (band), Reid Bjorklund (football), Micaela Brevig (band), Ja-

cob Gustafson (band), Sam Hosszu (band), Andrew LaBrosse (soccer), Eliza-beth Lukas (soccer), Leah Marson (dance team), Mi-randa Matejka (band), Sean McFaggen (soccer), Amy Milligan (dance team), Amanda Poston (band), Emily Reibert (tennis and hockey), Steven Sauro (show choir), Sam Sura (football), Sadie Tetrick (band), Madeline Thom-son (band) and Christopher Wallace (show choir). With eight members of the band on the list, the 2011-12 band may be the most intel-ligent in school history.

Tri-Athlete awards were presented to the following students who participated in three sports during their senior year: Ryan Boelter (football, basketball, base-ball), Beto Brito (football, wrestling, tennis), Nick Colburn (football, basket-ball, tennis), Sam Doody (football, basketball, track), Emily Engelmeier (tennis, hockey, softball), Katelyn

Fischbach (soccer, basket-ball manager, track), Jacob Francis (football, hockey, golf ), Mick Grundtner (soccer, hockey, golf ), Da-vid Gunderman (soccer, hockey, golf ), Sam Kraus (football, hockey, golf ), John Mike (football, hock-ey, track), Joe Munos (foot-ball, wrestling, track), Kayla Peterson (soccer, basketball, softball), Jacob Schwantes (football, hockey, baseball), Sam Sura (football, hockey, baseball), Josh Trifunov (football, basketball, track), Kevin E. Ward (football, hockey, track), Kevin J. Ward (cross country, wres-tling and tennis) and Re-becca Windholz (cross country, hockey manager, track).

The VFW Honor Partic-ipant awards recognize one senior male and one senior female for outstanding par-ticipation in school-wide activities. The sheer dimen-sion of the perseverance and dedication demonstrated by the two winners of this

award is staggering.John Fries has been a very

busy young man. He earned 21 letters in choir, cross country, Knowledge Bowl, math team, theater and track. He earned all-con-ference honors twice with the show choir and was its MVP his senior year. He participated in Knowledge Bowl for five years and was team captain as a senior. He was part of the school’s drama program since eighth grade and lettered five straight years. He had ma-

jor roles in numerous plays and student-directed a one-act play.

Theater Director Eric Holson said that because of Fries’ quiet “determination and hard work, his skills continually improved and his roles became increasing-ly larger in scope.” Despite all of the hours he spent participating in extracur-ricular activities, Fries has consistently appeared on the Gold Honor Roll.

Breanna Olson earned 13 letters in band, debate, student council and theater. Debate Coach Conrad An-derson recalled his first en-counter with her when she was a freshman. “I knew immediately that Breanna was one of those students who, if I could hook her into the activity, I could build a program around.”

Anderson appointed Ol-son the team captain as a sophomore and she served in that capacity for three years. She finished in fifth place in the state debate

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In addition to debate and theater, Olson also partici-pated on student council, Key Club, Upward Bound Diversity Leadership and the Minnesota Action Team. Through all of it she has maintained a 4.144 grade point average.

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Tim O’Keefe and Mark Sullivan will perform a concert of percussion and accordion music Thurs-day, June 28. Several groups will perform at the café June 28-30 dur-ing the Twin Cities Jazz Festival, including Lucia Newell, Coriolis Effect and John Penny on June

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“How People Make Things” is presented through June 3. Partici-pants will get a behind-the-scenes look at how everyday items are creat-ed and explore hands-on activities using real fac-tory tools and machines to create objects with four manufacturing pro-cesses: molding, cutting, deforming and assembly.

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Sample Night Live, a sampling of local pro-ductions, is featured at 7 p.m. the first Wednesday of each month. The for-mat features 12 acts per night, including theater, film, dance, improv, vi-sual arts, folk and opera. The next performance is June 6. Tickets are $20.

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Comedian Wyatt Cenac and singer-song-writer Ted Leo will per-form at 8 p.m., Friday, June 1. Tickets are $32.

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Comedian Bobcat Goldthwait and singer-songwriter St. Vincent (Annie Clark) will per-form at 8 p.m., Friday, June 15. Tickets are $32.

T Mychael Rambo will present “Tying the Knot: Songs for Our Fathers” at 8 p.m., Saturday, June 16. The performance is a celebration of father-hood, interweaving song,

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Comedian Amy Sedaris and the band They Might Be Giants will perform at 8 p.m., Saturday, June 30. Tickets are $32.

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“Laughter on the 23rd Floor,” a Neil Simon comedy, is presented June 1-July 8. Chaos is king backstage at the Max Prince Show, a popular 1950s comedy-variety TV series. The stress of

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Permits are now avail-able for the Kaposia Land-ing Off-Leash Dog Area, located at 800 Bryant Ave., South St. Paul. This 6.3-acre fenced parcel offers dogs and their owners the only legal area to run, recre-ate and train without a leash in the city. Users must have a permit. Cost is $20 for residents and $30 for non-residents. The fee supports on-going maintenance and development of the park. For more information, visit www.southstpaul.org or call 651-306-3690.

Park shelters and pavilion reservations

The South St. Paul Parks and Recreation Department is accepting reservations for its three facilities available for rent for picnics or spe-cial events. Rentals available through October 14 include the shelter at Lorraine Park and the shelter and pavilion at Kaposia Park. All other public picnic facilities are

available on a first come, first served basis. For more infor-mation, call 651-306-3690.Passes on sale for disc golf and outdoor pools

The Kaposia Park Disc Golf Course at Kaposia Park operates on a pay-to-play format. Users must purchase a $5 daily pass or an annual pass, $30 for resi-dents and $40 for non-resi-dents. There is no charge for students age 14 and under with a student ID. Passes are sold on-site during the disc golf season and also at the Parks and Recreation of-fice, 100 7th Ave. N., South St. Paul.

Summer season passes are on sale for South St. Paul’s two outdoor pools: Splash Pool at Lorraine Park and Northview Pool. The pools will be open June 11 through August 19. Cost for residents is $35 for the first pass in a household and $25 for each additional pass. Non-resident fees are $45, and $35 for additional passes within the house-hold. Daily admission is $3.50. Annual passes and

daily admission coupon books are available at the Parks and Recreation office at Central Square Com-munity Center, 100 7th Ave. N., South St. Paul. For more information, call 651-306-3690 or visit www.southstpaul.org.

Youth volleyball camps

The South St. Paul Parks and Recreation office is offering youth volleyball camps July 9-12 and July 16-18 in the South St. Paul High School compe-tition gym. South St. Paul High School coaching staff will teach skills for all lev-els. Cost is $50-$65. Par-ticipants receive a T-shirt if registered by June 22. For more information, contact Jane Cornell at 651-552-3077, 651-451-8162 or [email protected].

Highground Memorial fundraiser

Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 639 of South St. Paul is seeking

cash and merchandise do-nations for its fundraiser, which will be held 2-5:30 p.m., Sat., Oct. 13, at Buggs’ Place, 925 N. Con-cord Exchange. The event will feature food, games, a bake sale and silent auction, door prizes, pull tabs and more. Proceeds will benefit the Highground Memorial, which honors veterans of all wars.

The chapter is also host-ing a 140-mile Poker Run Ride through the St. Croix River Valley to raise funds for the memorial. The ride begins at noon, August 25 at Buggs’ Place. The event will feature three stops, pok-er, raffles and other specials.

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On June 28, 1987, South St. Paul was

preparing for the kick-off of one of the largest Kaposia Days parades ever planned. It was the city’s Centennial celebration year and the Kaposia Days directors and volunteers were thrilled to have more than 100 units from all over the region as part of the event.

One of the distinguished visitors in town for the pa-rade was Lafayette, Ind. attorney John Gambs, a renowned collector of his-toric fire trucks. Gambs brought South St. Paul’s very own 1937 Ahrens-Fox fire truck back to town to be part of the Kaposia Days parade and celebration. The painstakingly restored en-gine glistened under sum-mer skies as people crowded around to see the historic vehicle.

According to a letter to the editor from Kaposia Days Parade Chairman Kevin Kraus that was pub-lished in a local newspaper on July 8, 1987, “At 5:35 p.m. on parade day, Sun-day, June 28, the street along 15th Avenue from Southview Boulevard all the way to Vets Field was bus-tling with clowns, marching

bands, floats, Shriners and volunteers, trying to get it all organized. Then the rain hit.”

Within a few minutes, the winds picked up and the storm sirens went off. The Civil Air Patrol was helping with the parade and com-municating via their walkie-talkies. They soon realized that this was a major storm, with potentially damaging winds and tornados. As the rainfall increased and the winds raged, residents along 15th Avenue began opening their front doors and shout-ing to parade participants to come inside their homes. Some people ended up with 40 to 50 people crowded into their kitchens, liv-ing rooms and basements. Homeowners were soon running clothes dryers and offering hot coffee to the rain drenched visitors.

The rain forced the can-cellation of the parade and also the elaborate stage show that had been set up for the high school football field before that evening’s fireworks, the largest display ever planned for the city. Hundreds of sodden and bedraggled residents who had lined up to watch the parade gradually made their way back to their homes, and the parade units, many damaged from high winds,

headed out of town without ever performing or parad-ing.

The fireworks show was rescheduled and lit up the skies two months later at the conclusion of the All-City/All-Family/All-School Reunion in August of 1987.

I recently called John Gambs to find out what he remembered about this storm and he immediately said that it was the worst he’d ever seen. He recalled that electrical wires were be-ing ripped away from poles and he was worried that the Ahrens-Fox would be dam-aged before he could get it back to the South St. Paul Fire Station. The old engine is still in his possession, along with 10 other historic vehicles and about 40 his-toric police and fire autos – all kept in temperature and humidity controlled garages on his Indiana estate. He’s had many offers over the years to sell South St. Paul’s historic engine but he told me he’d never part with it.

South St. Paul City En-gineer John Sachi also re-members the storm, which dumped 11.56 inches of rain on the city in a matter of a few hours. He worked in Inver Grove Heights at the time but recalled view-ing the extensive dam-age caused by the event,

subsequently referred to as a “100-year storm” by Minnesota meteorologists. Simon’s Ravine through Kaposia Park suffered the worst damage with hun-dreds of trees ripped out of the ground. The west side of the ravine collapsed under 19th Avenue, but the bridge

held. The culvert under 19th Avenue was clogged with trees and debris, and even a month later the ra-vine was filled with water up to street level. Accord-ing to Sachi, it is fortunate that the entire bridge didn’t collapse. Additional dam-ages at 24th and Bromley

and Central Avenue at 15th closed those streets to traffic while repairs were made.

In the end, there is only one word to describe the Kaposia Days Centennial Parade of 1987 – unforget-table!

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This month we wish good luck to three members of the South St. Paul Mayor’s Youth Task Force. They are South St. Paul High School seniors and will be graduating, mov-ing on to college and entering the next phase of their lives. We thought a few words from each of them would be fit-ting. Here is what they had to say.

Austin BarnesI joined the task force the summer before my 10th grade

year. I have enjoyed my time with the task force, having made many new friends and lifelong connections, as well as having many opportunities to get to know my commu-nity. The task force has also been a lot of fun. I was able to help with exciting events and activities and work with the mayor. As for my plans after graduation I have decided to attend the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul. I have been accepted into the college seminary program for the Arch-diocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. I will be taking classes at St. Thomas, majoring in Philosophy and minoring in Catholic Studies, with the possibility of a double minor in Latin. In the seminary, I will discern a possible vocation to the priesthood with the help of formation and spiritual counselors. I have enjoyed my many years here in South St. Paul schools and with the task force. They will always hold an important part in my life.

Liza CuchnaBeing in the task force has been one of the best experi-

ences of my life. I absolutely love going to events because you not only get to hang out with your friends and meet awesome new people but you help out the community. I love helping people and putting smiles on people’s faces. Doing events like Halloween on Marie Avenue and The Christmas Tree lighting puts so many smiles on kids’ faces. It makes my day knowing I am helping out. The task force has taught me a lot about taking responsibility and growing up. I feel that it has made me a better person. In the future

I plan on going to Inver Hills Community College for my first two years to get my generals completed. I plan on liv-ing at home and working a lot. The next step is to go to St. Cloud State. I want to become an occupational therapist. It has always been a huge dream for me. I would like to work with kids with disabilities. The task force taught me how to help a lot of people and I want to do that my whole life. I hope I follow my dreams and become an occupational therapist. I really want to thank the task force for making me smile and having fun at every single event.

Holly EkwochiBeing part of the task force for five years has taught me

so much. I have gained communication skills, learned to collaborate with a group of people to achieve goals, and planned many activities for both youth and adults in the city of South St. Paul. The vast amount of volunteer work I have put forth from being part of the task force has shown me the impact I can have on a community from dedicating my time as a volunteer. As I begin the next chapter in my life as a student at the College of St. Scholastica, I plan to take the skills, the perseverance and the memories I have acquired from being part of the task force and continue my vitality toward my studies in pursuing a career in Pharmacy.

We want to thank Austin, Liza and Holly for their guidance, smiles and dedication to the task force. We wish them well and invite them to stop back whenever they get a chance. We are not saying good-bye, but rather good luck. You will be missed!


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By John Kemp Executive Director of

Neighbors, Inc.

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On June 16, a group of friends and supporters of Neigh-bors, Inc. will congregate at a small airstrip outside of Baldwin, Wis., climb three or four at a time into a small airplane, and spiral up to about 10,500 feet. There, they will strap themselves to an experienced skydiver and jump out the door. For many of them it will be an opportunity to check one more item off their bucket list. But for all of them, participation in Neighbors’ second annual Sky-dive for Hunger event is an opportunity to raise money for Neighbors, Inc.

Recently, I had one of those “I’m wide awake at 3 a.m. and can’t get back to sleep” experiences that seem to come more frequently the older I get. As I lay there in bed I

thought about this event and realized what a leap of faith these people will be making. They have faith that the expe-rienced skydiver they are strapped to knows what he or she is doing and will open the chute at the proper time. They have faith that the chute will indeed open and carry them safely to the ground. They have faith that the training they received prior to getting into the plane will help them re-member how to land safely.

Last year 29 people participated in this event and every one of them made it safely to the ground and had the time of their life. In fact, many of them will be back again this year. It’s a safe event, but nevertheless, anytime someone leaps out of an airplane they are taking a leap of faith.

I realized how appropriate it is for us to ask people to take a leap of faith. After all, that’s what the 18 people who formed this organization over 40 years ago did; they took a giant leap of faith. They saw a large, unmet need for an organization to serve people in northern Dakota County who were experiencing financial difficulty. They took a leap of faith that the community would rally around them and provide them with the resources they needed to assist peo-ple with their basic needs.

It’s the same leap of faith that volunteers and staff at Neighbors continue to make today. We begin each year with no clear idea of where the food, clothing, household gifts, funds, etc. will come from that we rely on to serve our

neighbors. We take a leap of faith that our friends and sup-porters will continue to help others in their community by contributing their time, talents and treasures to Neighbors.

Today, we continue to be rewarded by the amazing gen-erosity and commitment of people and organizations in our community. For instance, we receive the food we need to serve the ever-increasing number of people who turn to us for assistance. Last year more than 10,300 people re-ceived at least a week’s worth of food from us, a 25 percent increase over the previous year. And it was the people of our community who gave us most of that food; 83 percent of all the food we gave away was donated.

As an organization that has always depended on volun-teers to deliver our services, we take a leap of faith that enough people will help provide the staffing we need. Last year nearly 1,100 people contributed almost 30,000 hours of time, the equivalent of nearly 15 full-time employees.

So like those who will travel to Baldwin in June to leap out of an airplane, we at Neighbors will continue to take our own leaps of faith and depend on the kindness, com-passion and generosity of thousands of people in our com-munity to continue doing what we do.

Thank you to everyone for the role you play in helping us continue to take that leap.

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Chamber’s vice president of operations retires after 34 years

The River Heights Chamber of Commerce would like to thank Carol Swenson for her 34 years of service to the lo-cal business community. Carol is retiring on June 28 after a successful and admirable career. During her tenure, she supported four association presidents and approximately 500 board members.

Carol started with the Chamber on December 4, 1978, at an office located at 230 N. Concord St. Until then, the Chamber was an all-volunteer organization. However, Joel Bennett and Jerry Patterson believed that it needed profes-sional staff to successfully advocate for the local business

community. Carol’s first responsibilities included admin-istrative duties and organizing the Chamber’s finances, communications and schedule. When the Chamber hired its first executive director in October 1979, Carol became office manager and played an even more critical role as the organization increased its fundraising, networking and lob-bying efforts. She is most notably known at the Chamber for her work ethic, attention to detail and her ability to get any job done well.

Carol is a 1987 graduate of the U.S. Chamber of Com-merce, Institute for Organizational Management (IOM) in Boulder, Col. The IOM program was designed to enhance individual performance, elevate professional standards and recognize association, chamber of commerce and other nonprofit professionals who demonstrate the knowledge essential to the practice of nonprofit management. The skills she obtained there assisted her in the development of new programs at the Chamber, such as the Community Twins Night, annual meeting, golf tournament, annual fall fundraiser and many others.

Through the Chamber, Carol was introduced to other organizations where she eventually took on service contract or volunteer roles. She has long been instrumental in South St. Paul’s Kaposia Days, the St. Paul Winter Carnival, Inver Grove Heights Royalty program and many others.

Carol and Dan Swenson have been married for 47 years and have resided in South St. Paul or Inver Grove Heights while raising their family. They have two children, Jeff and

Dean, and four grandchil-dren, Marta, Jenna, Riley and Olivia.

“As I look back on my lifetime with the Chamber, I realize that I have had a very fulfilling and satisfying career with the organiza-tion,” she said. “I appreciate the confidence the Board had in a novice as myself, and am truly grateful for the educational opportuni-ties they provided to me. We had the good fortune to grow together and the orga-nization has become an integral part of my life. With all of the projects I orchestrated over the years, the successes achieved were not mine alone, but ours. I value the rela-tionships that have been built with our members and the support they have shown me. Thank you for traveling on this journey with me.”

The Board of Directors and the staff of the River Heights Chamber of Commerce celebrate Carol’s retirement and thank her for her dedication to ensuring the local business community always had a local watch dog to make sure the River Heights region is a great place to live, work and play.

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